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CAJOLERY
Definition of CAJOLERY
noun
The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,052)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAJOLERY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAJOLERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAJOLERY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEJLORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CAJOLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CAJOLERY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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